[Dovecot] Version numbering

[Curtis Maloney]

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> After v1.0 is released, I can finally get back to sane version numbers.
> But any comments on which one is better:
> 
> a) Postfix-style: "1.1.UNSTABLE.YYYYMMDD" -> 1.1.0 (stable)
> 
> b) Odd-even numbering: 1.1.x (unstable) -> 1.2.0 (stable)
> 
> With a) style the releases could be done by simply copying a nightly
> snapshot to releases/ directory and announcing the changes since the
> last release. I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

My only issue with version a) is that it's not always clear if N.M.UNSTABLE came 
before or after N.M.0 ... or is the unstable development after that.  This 
ambiguity, I guess, comes from projects who step from 1.0.5 to 1.0.90 as the 1.1 
pre-release.

Otherwise, a) is the go.

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